Amy Grant

Amy Grant
Grant in West Wendover, Nevada, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Amy Lee Grant
Born	(1960-11-25) November 25, 1960 (age 56) Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Origin	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Contemporary Christian, pop rock, soft rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician, author, actress
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1976–present
Labels	Myrrh, A&M, Word, Sparrow
Associated acts	Vince Gill, Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith
Website	amygrant.com

Amy Lee Grant (born November 25, 1960) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress. She is known for performing contemporary Christian music (CCM) and for a successful crossover to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". As of 2009^[update], she had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards and 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go Platinum. She was honored with a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006 for her contributions to the entertainment industry. She made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as "Father's Eyes", "El Shaddai", and "Angels". In the mid-1980s, she began broadening her audience and soon became one of the first CCM artists to cross over into mainstream pop on the heels of her successful albums Unguarded and Lead Me On. In 1986, she scored her first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song in a duet with Peter Cetera, "The Next Time I Fall". In 1991, she released the blockbuster album Heart in Motion which became her best-selling album to date, topping the Billboard Christian album chart for 32 weeks, selling five million copies in the U.S., and producing her second No. 1 pop single "Baby Baby". She is the author of several books, including a memoir, Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far, and a book based on the popular Christmas song Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) which she co-wrote.